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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



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LAWS RELATING TO 
EDUCATION 



Enacted by the Florida Legislature 
of 1917. 



Compiled by W. N. SHEATS, 
State Superintendent of Public Instruction 



Constitutional Amendment. 



A JOINT EESOLUTION Proposing -An Amendment to 
Section 8 of Article XII of the Constitution of the 
State of Florida, Relating to Education. 

Be It Resolved hy the Legislature of the State of Florida: 

That the following amendment of Section 8 of Article 
XII of the Constitution of th© State of Florida relating 
to education is hereby agreed to and shall be submitted 
to the electors of the state for adoption or rejection at 
the next general election of representatives, to be held 
in the year A. D. 1918 ; that is to say, that Section 8 of 
Article XII of the Constitution of the State of Florida 
be amended so as to read as follows : 

Section 8. Each county shall be required to assess and lo miiis 
collect annually for the support of the public free schools 
therein a tax of not less than three (3) mills, nor more 
than ten (10) mills, on the dollar of all taxable property 
in the same. 

Approved May 25, 1917. 

2^" Let every friend of public education get to work 
right now to insure the ratification of this amendment 
at the polls in November, 1918. 



maximum co. 
school tax 



Display the 
flag daily. 



Duty of 
whom. 



Flag Law. 

/ CHAPTEE 7369. 

AN ACT to Provide for the Procuring and the Display 
of the Flag of the United States of America Over the 
Capitol, Each, State Institution,, County Court House 
and' County School Building in This State. / 

Be It Enacted 6i/ the Legislature of the State of Florida: 

Section 1. The flag of the United States of America 
shall be displayed daily, when the weather permits, from 
a staff upon the State Capitol, county courthouse, upon 
one building of each State educational institution, and 
upon every county public school building, except when 
the institution or school is closed for vacation. 

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the officer or officers 
charged with the maintenance or upkeep of said build- 
ings to provide suitable flags and cause them to be dis- 
played, the expense to be borne out of the funds pro- 
vided for the upkeep and maintenance of said buildings 
mentioned in Section One of this Act. 

Sec. 3. All laws in conflict are hereby repealed. 

Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect June 14, 1917. 

Approved April 21, 1917. 



Teacher-Training Departments. 

CHAPTER 7371. 

AN ACT Providing That the Appropriation Made Under 
Chapter 6830, Acts of 1915, for the Purpose of Provid- 
ing Teacher Training in County High Schools be Made 
a Continuing Appropriation. 

Whereas, The Legislature of 1915 appropriated |50,000 
for the purpose of carrying on Teacher-Training in one 
high school of each county in this State for two years; 
and 

Whereas, The greater part of the said appropriation 






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has not b€en used but remains to the credit of the said 

Teacher-Training fund; therefore, 

Be It Enacted Tjy the Legislature of the State of Florida: 

Section 1. That the unused part of appropriation 
made for Teacher-Training in high schools under Chap- 
ter 6830, Acts of 1915, be, and hereby is made a contin- 
uing appropriation for the purposes specified in said 
Chapter 6830, Acts of 1915. 

See. 2. All laws and patrs of laws in conflict here- 
with be, and the same are, hereby repealed. 

Sec. 3. This Act shall become a law upon its passage 
and approval by the Governor, or without his approval. 

Approved June 5, 1917. 



Appropria- 
tion contin- 
ued. 



Teachers' Certification and Examination. 



CHAPTER 7372. 

AN ACT Providing for the Certification and Examina- 
tion of Teachers; Prescribing the Requirements for 
the Different Teachers' Certificates; Creating a State 
Board of Examiners, Prescribing Their Duties and 
Providing for Their Compensation and Expenses. 

Be It Enacted ip the Legislature of the State of Florida: 

Section 1. No person shall be permitted to teach in the who author- 
public schools of this State who does not hold a -teach- '^^^ *° *'^''' 
er's certificate granted under this Act ; nor shall any 
County Board of Public .Instruction employ, contract 
with, or pay any person salary for services as a teacher 
who does not hold a valid teacher's certificate granted 
under this Act; Provided, that the validity of no certifi- 
cate issued under the laws of this State since A. D. 1894, 
shall be rendered invalid hereby; Provided, further, that 
nothing in this Act shall operate to repeal Chapter 6540, 
Acts of 1913. 

Sec. 2. There shall be ten grades of teachers' certifi- 
cates issued, the requirements for each being as herein- 
after specified, and such certificates shall be known and 
named as follows: temporary, primary, third grade, sec- 
ond grade, first grade, special, state, life primary, life 
first grade, life state certificate. 



With whom 
Boards may 
contract and 



Ten grades 
of certifi- 
cates. 



Certificate 
must cover 
subjects 
taught. 



File charac- 
ter endorse- 
ment. 

Fees to be 
paid. 



Temporary 
certificate. 



Diploma 
holders must 
obtain cer- 
tificates. 



Primary cer- 
tificate. 



Sec. 3. No certificate, except as otherwise provided in 
this Act, shall be issuel except upon oral and written ex- 
amination. 

Sec. 4. No person shall teach any subject in a public 
school unless he holds a valid certificate covering the 
subject taught. 

Sec. 5. Any applicant for any certificate, before being 
eligible for examination, shall present to the Board of 
Examiners a written endorsement of good moral charac- 
ter, signed by two responsible persons, and shall pay the 
following examination fee: Applicants for third grade, 
|1; for, second grade, |1.50; for first grade, |2.00; for 
primary, |3.00 ; for special, |2.50 ; for state, |5.00 ; which 
fees shall be applied as hereinafter provided. 

Sec. 6. A temporary certificate shall be issued without 
examination by the State Superintendent upon the re- 
quest and recommendation of a County Superintendent 
of Public Instruction in an emergency, which emergency 
must be clearly set forth in said request for a temporary 
certificate; said certificate shall be valid for teaching* 
only until the State Board of Examiners shall hold an 
examination within the County or an adjoining County 
in which the holder of said temporary certificate is em- 
ployed. 

Any person desiring to teach upon a diploma awarded 
outside of this State shall obtain a certificate before 
teaching as hereinafter provided in this Act. 

Sec. 7. A primary certificate shall be issued to any 
eligible applicant meeting the following requirements: 
First, who presents satisfactory evidence of having re- 
ceived either special instruction for one year or more in 
primary methods and practice teaching in a recognized 
normal school, or its equivalent ; Second, who passes an 
oral and written examination on reading, arithmetic, 
English grammar, composition, geography and United 
States history, and makes an average grade of 80 per 
cent., with a grade on no subject below 60 per cent.; 
Third, who makes an average grade of 80 per cent., with 
a grade on no subject below GO per cent, upon the fol- 
lowing subjects, as they relate to primary teaching, na- 
ture study, drawing, manual training, school singing 
and the elements of psychology. A primary certificate 
shall be valid for teaching only in the first, second or 
third grade of re^gular graded schools of four teachers or 



more, and shall be valid for only four years, except as 
otherwise provided in this Act. 

Sec. 8. Any eligible applicant passing a satisfactory 
oral and written examination on orthography, reading, 
arithmetic, English jgrammar, composition, geography', 
United States history, physiology and Theory and Prac- 
tice of Teaching, and making an average grade of 70 per 
cent., with a grade on no subject below 50 per cent., shall 
receive a third grade certificate valid for one year from 
date of issue. 

Sec. 9. Any eligible applicant passing a satisfactory 
oral and wirtten examination on the subjects prescribed 
for a third grade certificate and on agriculture and civil 
government, and making an average grade of 80 per cent., 
with a grade on no subject below 60 per cent., shall re- 
ceive a second grade certificate valid for three years from 
date of issue. , 

Sec. 10. Any eligible applicant passing a satisfactory 
oral and written examination on the subjects prescribed 
for a second grade certificate and on physical geography 
and algebra, and making an average -grade of 85 per cent., 
with a grade on no subject below 60 per cent., shall re- 
ceive a first grade certificate valid for five years from 
date of issue, except as otherwise provided in this Act. 

Sec. 11. Any eligible applicant presenting satisfactory 
evidence of possessing ability to teach one or more sub- 
jects not embraced in the requirements for a second 
grade certificate, and passing a satisfactory oral and 
written examination on one or more subjects, shall re- 
ceive a special certificate on every subject on which a 
grade of 90 per cent, is made. A special certificate shall 
be valid for teaching only the subjects covered by it and 
for five years from date of issue. 

Sec. 12. Any eligible applicant presenting satisfac- 
tory evidence of having taught successfully twenty-four 
months in all, and passing a satisfactory oral and writ- 
ten examination on geometry, trigonometry, physics, 
botany, zoology, Latin, rhetoric, English literature, psy- 
chology and general history, and making an average 
grade of 85 per cent., with a grade on no subject below 
60 per cent., shall receive a state certificate valid for 
five years from date of issue, except as otherwise pro- 
vided in this Act. 

Sec. 13. Any applicant fl^ling with the State Super- 



Third grade 
certificate. 



Second grade 
certificate. 



First grade 
certificate. 



Special cer- 
tificate. 



State certifi- 
cate. 



Life pri- 
mary cer- 
tificate. 



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Life first 
grade certifi- 
cate on 20 
years' teach- 
ing. 



Life first 
grade certifi- 
cate on 6 
years' teach- 
ing. 



Life State 
certificate. 



Life first 
grade certifi- 
cate on ex- 
tensions. 



intendent of Public Instruction a valid primary certifi- 
cate, and presenting satisfactory evidence of having 
taught successfully in the primary department of a reg- 
ular graded school of not less than four teachers for a 
period of thirty-two months under a primary certificate, 
shall receive a life primary certificate, valid during the 
life of the holder for teaching in the primary department 
only of any public school. 

Sec. 14. Any applicant filing with the State Superin- 
tendent of Public Instruction a valid first grade certifi- 
cate and presenting satisfactory evidence of having 
taught twenty years in the Public Free Schools of this 
State, the last ten years consecutively on first grade cer- 
tificates, and as being of good moral character, faithful 
and successful as an instructor and disciplinarian, shall 
receive a life first grade certificate, valid during the life 
of the holder and in any part of the State. 

Sec. 15. Any applicant filing with the State Superin- 
tendent of Public Instruction two first grade certificates, 
each with an average of not less than 90 per cent., the 
last one valid, and presenting satisfactory evidence of 
having taught a total of forty-eight months on the cer- 
tificates filed, and as being of good moral character, 
faithful a;nd successful as an instructor and disciplin- 
arian, shall receive a life first grade certificate, valid 
during the life of the holder and in any part of the State. 

Sec. 16. Any applicant filing with the State Superin- 
tendent of Public Instruction a valid State certificate 
issued in this State, and presenting satisfactory evidence 
of having taught successfully in a high school or college 
in this State for a period of eighteen months under a 
State certificate, and presenting endorsement of three 
holders of life State certificates as possessing eminent 
ability both as a teacher and disciplinarian, shall re- 
ceive a life State certificate of perpetual and State-wide 
validity. ■ 

Any person filiug with the State Superintendent of 
Public Instruction one first grade certificate with three 
extensions of same, secured by attendance at either of 
the State Summer Schools, and presenting satisfactory 
evidence of having taught a total of forty-eight months 
on the certificate filed, and containing such extensions, 
and as being of good moral character, faithful and suc- 
cessful as an instructor and disciplinarian, shall receive 



a life first grade certificate, valid during the life of the 
holder, and good in any part of the State. 

Sec. 17. Any regular graduate of a standard univer- 
sity, college or normal school having graduated there- 
from since June 15, 1905, desiring to teach in Florida, 
shall pay a fee of Five Dollars and file his or her diploma, 
or a certified copy thereof, with satisfactory evidence of 
having taught school successfully for twenty-four months 
with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 
who with the State Board of Examiners provided for in 
this Act shall constitute a Commission to review and pass 
upon all applications for certificates based tipon diplo- 
mas, and if found satisfactory the State Superintendent 
shall issue a Graduate State Certificate; Special Certifi- 
cate; First Grade Certificate, or Primary Certificate, as 
this Commission may determine. All certificates issued 
under this section shall have all the privileges, rights and 
benefits conveyed to those holding like certificates issued 
as the result of examination under this Act. 

Sec. 18. No person shall be eligible for the principal- 
ship of a, Junior High School who. does not hold a valid 
life state certificate, a state certificate, a graduate state 
certificate, or a first grade certificate supplemented by a 
certificate or certicates covering the subjects embraced 
in the Junior High School course of study. 

No person shall be eligible for the principalship of an 
Intermediate or Senior High School who does not hold 
a life state certificate, a state certificate, or a graduate 
state certificate. 

Sec. 19. For the conduct of all examinations of teach- 
ers there is hereby ct>eated a State Board of Examiners, 
to be composed of three eminently successful and well 
qualified teachers, to be appointed by the State Board 
of Education upon the nomination of the State Superin- 
tendent of Public Instruction. 

Sec. 20. It shall be the duty of the State Board of 
Examiners to prepare all examination questions; to per- 
sonally conduct all t^cjielrs' Examinations, oral and 
written, under such rules and regulations as the said 
Board of Examiners may suggest and as shall be ap- 
proved by the State Board of Education ; to grade all ex- 
aminations, oral and written, except as may be provided 
by the State Board of Education ; and report weekly to 
the State Superintendent the name of each examinee 



Certificates 
issuable upon 
diplomas. 



Certificate 
required to 
be principal 
of a Junior 
High School 



A Senior 
High School 



State Bflferd 
of Examiners 
to conduct 
examinations. 



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Duties of 
State Super- 
intendent. 



Character of 
the examina- 
tion ques- 
tionss. 



Board of ex- 
aminers to 
advertise 
places and 



All certifi- 
cates state- 
wide in val- 
idity 



May be re- 
voked. 



Tenure of 
Board of 
Examiners. 



Salaries and 

traveling 

expenses. 



with the grade made on each subject and the grade of 
certificate to which each is entitled. 

Sec. 21. It shall be the duty of the State Superintend- 
ent of Public Instruction to issue and transmit without 
delay each and every certificate as recommended by the 
said Board of Examiners, to keep a stub record of each 
certificate issued, and to publish in his Biennial Keport 
a roster of all living holders of valid certificates. . 

Sec. 22. The State Board of Examiners shall make 
the examination questions practical, conducting them 
with the aim of testing the ability to teach rather than 
verbal memory and a knowledge of specific facts, and 
they shall make the examinations as uniform in the con- 
duct, in the grading and in the question tests as may be 
possible without ■repetition of the same questions. 

In July of each year the Board of Examiners shall 
forward to each County Superintendent a printed sched- 
ule giving the places and dates of examinations for the 
ensuing year, so arranged that one examination will be 
held in four or more different sections of the State dur- 
ing each month, and one in each county of the state dur- 
ing the year; Provided, it shall not be unlawful for the 
Boards of Public Instruction of two or more counties in 
which the number of examinees is small to consent for 
the examination to be held at some convenient and cen- 
tral point to their counties. 

Sec, 23. All certificates issued under this Act shall 
have State- wide validity, and any certificate may be sus- 
pended or revoked by a County Superintendent as now 
provided by law, or by the State Superintendent of Pub- 
lic Instruction upon his own motion, or upon the recom- 
mendation of the State Board of Examiners, when the 
holder proves to be incompetent, unsuccessful, or is 
guilty of some gross immorality. 

Sec. 24. The members of the State Board of Examin- 
ers shall hold their positions at the discretion of the 
State Board of Education, and each shall receive an an- 
nual salary of Two Thousand (|2,000.00) Dollars and 
traveling expenses not to exceed Eight Hundred (|800) 
Dollars, payable monthly upon requisition upon the 
Comptroller, approved by the State Superintendent of 
Public Instruction. This Board shall remit monthly to 
the State Treasurer all examination fees collected by 
them and make to the State Board of Education a de- 



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tailed statement of all such, fees, attaching thereto a 
copy of the' State Treasurer's receipt. 

Sec. 25. The State Treasurer shall keep in a separate 
fund all such fees received by him under the preceding 
Section, which fund shall be -disbursed only for the pay- 
ment of salaries and traveling expenses of the State 
Board of Examiners upon warrants drawn by the Comp- 
troller upon vouchers approved by the State Board of 
Education; and there is hereby appropriated the sum of 
Four Thousand (|4,000.00) Dollars annually, or so much 
thereof as may be necessary to pay the salaries and trav- 
eling expenses of the said State Board of Examiners, in 
case the fund above provided shall be found insufficient. 

Sec. 26. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with 
the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. 

Sec. 27. This Act shall take effect October 1, 1917. 

Approved June 9, 1917. 



Duties of 
State Treas- 
urer and 
Comptroller. 



Graduate State Certificates. 



CHAPTEE 7373. 



AN ACT to Amend Chapter 6540, Acts of 1913, the 
Same Being Entitled "An Act to Enable Norma: 
School and College Graduates to Teach and Acquirr 
Certificates in This State." 

Be It Enacted 'by the Legislature of the State of Florida : 

Section 1. That Chapter 6540, Acts of 1913, be, and 
the same is, hereby amended to read as follows: 

Section 1. All graduates of the Normal and Collegiate 
Departments of the University of Florida and the Flor- 
ida State College for Women, who in the regular exam- 
inations held in these institutions at the close of the 
Junior and Senior years, shall make a general average 
of not less than 85 per cent, on all subjects pursued and 
completed during these two years, with a grade on no 
subject below 60 per cent., shall be awarded a graduate 
state certificate by the State Superintendent^ of Public 
Instruction upon certified reports filed with him by the 
presidents of these institutions ; Provided, that graduates conditions 
of the Collegiate Department shall devote three-twenti " 

2 — Ed. Laws. 



Certain grad- 
uates to be 
awarded 
certificates. 



prerequisite. 



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When grad- 
uates of 
other institu- 
tions of the 
State may re- 
ceive such 
certificates. 



Duties of 
presidents to 
make reports. 



What and 
how report. 



Freshmen 
and Sopho- 
more grades 
to be re- 
ported. 



High school 
grades may 
be reported 



Duty of 
State Super- 
intendent in 
relation to. 



eths of their time to the study of psychology and educa- 
tion. , ' 

Sec. 2. Any chartered (Allege or University in this 
State that will submit to such inspection and regulations 
as the State Board of Education and the State Board of 
Control may prescribe, and it being found that any such 
institution prescribes and sustains the same or an equiv- 
alent course in the Normal or Collegiate Departments as 
maintained in the State University or the Florida State 
College for Women, the graduates of any and all such 
institutions in this State shall receive the same graduate 
state certificates, as provided in Section 1 of this Act 
for graduates of the University of Florida and the Flor- 
ida State College for Women, and they shall be based 
upon like reports filed by the president or presidents of 
any and all such institutions. 

Sec. 3. The president of each of the two State insti- 
tutions named in Section 1 of this Act, and the president 
of each and every institution coming under the provis- 
ions of Section 2 of this Act, shall make a certified an- 
nual reports ,as soon as practicable after each Commence- 
ment, to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 
which report shall show in separate lists the names of 
all pupils completing the Normal and Collegiate courses, 
and specify the subjects pursued and completed by each 
graduate both in the Junior and Senior years with the 
grade made on a per cent, basis on each subject com- 
pleted severally and separately ; Provided, that the grades 
of the Freshman and Sophomore years of such graduates 
as complete a full four-year course in any of the colleges 
or universities coming under Sections 1 and 2 of this 
Act, shall be reported in the same manner as the grades 
for the Junior and Senior years; Provided further, that 
each report may show the grades made by each graduate 
in the high school course pursued previous to entering 
any of said universities or said colleges naming the high 
school or institution of learning in which these grades 
were obtained. 

It shall be the duty of the State Superintendent to 
issue to each such garduate a Graduate State Certificate, 
recording therein all subjects pursued and the grades 
made thereon j in the Junior and Senior years, as well as 
those reported for the high school course, and the Fresh- 
man and Sophomore years, which certificates shall have 



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all the privileges, rights and benefits conveyed to those 
holding like certificates issued as the refeult of exam- 
ination as provided by law. 

Sec. 4. A Life Graduate State Certificate, good in any |"te^cer"^^^ 
part of the State and of perpetual validity, shall be is- tiflcates!^ 
sued by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 
without examination, to any teacher holding a graduate 
state certificate who has successfully taught in this Stat^ 
for a period of twenty-four months under a graduate 
state certificate, and who shall present satisfactory en- 
dorsement from three persons holding Life Certigcates To whom and 
showing eminent ability in teaching and school govern- Jb\T ^^^" 
ment and the said Life Certificates shall have thereon the 
subjects enumerated in the graduate state certificate and 
shall have all the privileges, rights and benefits conveyed 
to those holding a Life Certificate issued as a result of an 
examination (for) State Certificates as provided by law. 

Sec. 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this 
Act are hereby repealed. 

Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its 
passage and approval by the Governor, or upon its be- 
coming a law without his approval, 

-Approved June 7, 1917. • 



State Uniform Text Book Law. 

CHAPTER 6178, ACTS OF 1911, AS AMENDED BY 
CHAPTER 7374, ACTS OF 1917. 

CHAPTER 7374. 

An Act to Amend Sections Two, Three, Thirteen, 
Fourteen, Eighteen and Twenty, of Chapter 6178, Acts 
of 1911, Approved May 23, 1911, being "An Act to Create 
a State School Book Commission, and to Procure for Use 
in the Public Schools of the State of Florida a Uniform 
Series of Text Books, and to Define the Duties and Pow- 
ers of Said Commission, to make Preparation for Carry- 
ing This Act Into Effect, and Providing Penalties for 
Violation of Same." 

Be It Enacted J)y the Legislature of the State- of Florida: 

Section 1. That the Board of Commissioners of State 



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Chap. 7374. 
State Text 
Book Com- 
mission. 



To adopt 
elementary- 
school boobs. 



To adopt 
high school 
books. 



One basal, 
not more 
than two sup- 
plementary 
books. 



Appointment 
of Sub-Com- 
niission. 



Institutions be, and is hereby, constituted a State Text 
Book Commission, whose duty it is to select and adopt 
a uniform series or system of text books for use in the 
public schools in the State of Florida. 

*Sec. 2. That said Commission is hereby authorized, 
empowered and directed to select and adopt a uniform 
system or series of text books for use in the public 
schools of the State, as above indicated, and when so se- 
lected and adopted, the text books shall be used for a 
period of five years, in all of the public schools of this 
State, and it shall not be lawful for any school officer, 
director or teacher to use any other books upon the same 
branches, other than those adopted by said State Text 
Book Commission. Said uniform series shall include the 
following branches taught in the elementary schools, to- 
wit : orthography, reading, writing, drawing, arithme- 
tic, language lessons, English grammar, geography, his- 
tory of Florida containing the Constitution of the State, 
history of the United States containing the Constitution 
of the United ■ States, physiology, hygiene, nature and ef- 
fect of alcoholic drinks and narcotics, civil government, 
agriculture; and the following branches taught in the 
high schools, to-wit: Advanced arithmetic, algebra, 
plane and solid .geometry, plane and solid trigonometry, 
American history and civil government, English history, 
general history, physical geography, general science, 
botany, zoolQgy, physics, chemistry, composition and 
rhetoric, English literature, American literature, begin- 
ner's Latin, Latin grammar, Coesar, Cicero, Virgil, Latin 
composition, and books for a two-year course in French, 
German and Spanish, book-keeping, commercial arithme- 
tic and commercial law. Provided, that in selection of 
high school text books the said Commission is author- 
ized and directed to adopt one basal, and not more than 
two supplementary texts on each subject. Provided, that 
none of said text books shall contain anything of a par- 
tisan or sectarian character. Provided, that all the pro- 
visions of this Act relative to the books for use in the 
first eight grades of the public schools shall not become 
effective or operative until July 1, 1919. 

*Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Governor to 
appoint, upon the nomination of the State Superintend- 
ent of Public Instruction, a Sub-Commission of ten mem- 

*As Amended by Chapter 7874. Acts of 1917, 



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bers to be constituted as follows: two County Superin- 
tendents, two primary teachers, two grade teachers, two 
high school teachers and two teachers selected with ref- 
erence to their experience in and knowledge of vocational 
subjects ; and none of said Sub-Comimssion shall be relat- 
ed in any way to any member of the Board of State In- 
stitutions, nor be in the employ of any member of said 
Board; provided, that not more than three of these shall 
be taken from one Congressional district, to whom shall 
be referred all books* sent to the State Text Book Com- 
mission as specimen copies or samples, upon which bids 
are to be based, and it shall be the duty of said Sub-Com- 
mission, in executive sessfion, to examine and report 
upon the merits of the books, irrespective of the price, 
taking into consideration the subject matter of the books, 
their printing, their material, and their mechanical qual- 
ities, and their general suitability and desirability for 
the purposes for which they are desired and intended. 
The term of office of said Sub-Commissioners shall be for 
four years, or until their successors are elected and qual- 
ified. It shall be a prerequisite qualification for appoint- 
ment for each member of said, Sub-Commission that before 
accepting such appointment he shall file with the Secre- 
tary of State an affidavit substantially as follows : That 
he is not, so far as he knows, related in any way to any 
member of the Board of State Institutions, nor has he 
for the five years next preceding his appointment been 
employed by any text book publishing company, and that 
he will not receive during his term of service on said 
Sub-Commission any emolument from any text book pub- 
lishers or their agents intended to in any manner bias 
his judgment in the selection of text books to be adopted 
for use in this state. 

Sec. 4. That it shall further be the duty of said Sub- 
Commission to report to the Commission at such time as 
said Commission shall direct, ari'anging each book in its 
class, or division, and reporting them in the order of 
their merit, pointing out the merits and demerits of each 
book, and indicating what book they recommend for 
adoption first, what book is their second choice, and their 
third choice, and so on, pursuing this plan with the books 
submitted upon each branch of study, and if said Sub- 
Commission shall consider different books upon the same 
subject, or of the same class or division of approximately 



Not over 3 
from same 
Congressional 
District. 

Duties of. 



Term of office 



To file 
affidavit. 



To receive 
no emolu- 
ment. 



Sub-Commis- 
sion to make 
report. 



Character of 
report. 



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even merit, aU tilings consideerd, they shall so report_, 
and if they consider that any of the books offered a,re of 
such a class as to make them inferior and not worthy of 
adoption, they shall, in their report, so designate such 
books, and in said report they shall make such recommen- 
dations and suggestions to the Commission as they deem 
advisable and proper to majie. Said report shall be kept 
secret and sealed up, and delivered to the Secretary of 
the Commission, and said report shall not be opened by 
any member of the Commission until the Commission 
shall meet in executive session to open and consider the 
bids, or proposals, of publishers, or other desiring to 
have books adopted by said Commission, 

Sec. 5. That each member of said Sub-Commission, be- 
fore entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take 
and subscribe an oath to act honestly, conscientiously 
and faithfully, and that he is not now, and never prior to 
his appointment has been, agent or attorney, or in the em- 
ployment of, or interested in, any book, or publishing 
house, concern, or corporation, making, or proposing to 
make, bids for the sale of books, pursuant to the provis- 
ions of this Act; and that he will examine all books sub- 
mitted carefully and faithfully, and make tru^e report 
thereon, as herein directed and prescribed. Said oath 
shall be filed in the ofSce of the Secretary of State.. 

Sec. 6. That said Text Book Commission shall hear 
and consider said report in its selection and adoption of 
a uniform series of text books, and shall also, themselves, 
consider the merits of the books, taking into considera- 
tion their subject matter, the printing, binding, material, 
and mechanical quality, and their general suitability and 
desirability for the purposes intended, and the price of 
said books, and they shall give due consideration to the 
report and recommendation of said Sub-Commission. Said 
Commission shall select and adopt such books as will, in 
their best judgment, accomplish the ends desired. And 
when said Text Book Commission shall have finished 
with the report of said Sub-Commission, the said report 
shall be filed and preserved in the office of the State Sup- 
erintendent of Public Instruction, and shall be open at 
all times for public inspection. 

Sec. 7. That said. Text Book Commission shall, imme- 
diately after the passage of this Act, meet and organize, 
the Governor being ex officio President of the Commis- 



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sion, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction its 
Secretary. As soon as practicable, not later than thirty 
days after its organization, the Commission shall adver- 
tise in such manner and for such length of time, and at 
such places as may be deemed advisable, that at a time 
and place fixed definitely in said advertisement, sealed 
bids, or proposals, will be received from the publishers 
of school text books for furnishing books to the public 
schools in the State of Florida, through agencies estab- 
lished by said publishers in the several counties, and 
places, in counties of this State, as may be provided for 
in such regulations as said Commission may adopt and 
prescribe. The bids, or proposals, to be for furnishing 
the books for a period of five years, and no longer, and 
that no bid for a longer period shall be considered. Said 
bid, or bids, shall state specifically and definitely the 
price at which book or books are to be furnished, and 
shall be accompanied by ten or more specimen copies of 
each and every book proposed to be furnished, and shall 
be required of each bidder to deposit with the Treasurer 
of the State a sum of money such as the Commission 
may require, not less than |500, nor more than |2,500, 
according to the number of books each bidder may pro- 
pose to supply, and notice shall further be given in said 
advertisement that such deposits shall be forfeited abso- 
lutely to the State if the bidder making the deposit of 
any sum shall fail, or refuse to make and execute such 
contract and bond, as is hereinafter required, within such 
time as the Commission shall require, which time shall 
also be stated in said advertisement. All bids shall be 
sealed and deposited with the Secretary of State, to be by 
him delivered to the Commission when they a/e in execu- 
tive session, for the purpose of considering the same, 
when they shall be opened in the presence of the Commis- 
sion. 

Sec. 8. That it shall be the duty of the said Text Book 
Commission to meet at the time and place designated in 
such notice, or advertisement, and take out the sample, 
or specimen copies submitted, upon which bids are based, 
and refer and submit them to the Sub-Commission as pro- 
vided for and directed in Section 3 of this Act, with in- 
structions to the said Sub-Commission to report back to 
them, at a time specified, with their report, classification, 
and recommendation, as provided in Sections 3 and 4. 



To advertise 
for bids. 



Bids to 
sealed. 



Character 
of bids/. 



Ten specimen 
copies of 
books to be 
filed. 

Each bidder 



deposit. 



When deposit 
forfeited. 



Bids to be 
filed With 
Secretary 
of State. 



Preliminary 
duties of 
Commission. 



To direct 
Sub-commis- 
sion when 
to report. 



16 



When Com- 
mission to 
meet in exec- 
utive session. 



To examine 
sealed bids, 
report of Sub- 
Commission 
and adopt 
books. 



/ 



To notify 
publishers of 
adoptions. 



Attorney 
General to 
prepare con- 
tracts. 



Contract to 
be executed 
by Governor 
and Secretary 
of State. 



Contractor to 
give bond. 



Attorney Gen- 
eral to ap- 
prove bond. 



When the said report is submitted it shall be the duty of 
the said Text Book Commission to meet in executive ses- 
sion to open and examine all sealed proposals submitted 
and received in pursuance of the notice or advertisement 
provided for in Section 7 of this Act. It shall be the 
duty of said Commission to examine carefully all sucli 
bids or proposals together with the report and recommen- 
dation of the Sub-Commission and determine in the man- 
ner provided in Section 6 of this Act, what book, or 
books, upon the branches hereinabove mentioned shall be 
declared for adoption, taking into consideration the size, 
quality, as to the subject matter, material, printing, bind- 
ing and the mechanical execution, and price, and the gen- 
eral suitability for the purpose desired and intended. 
After their selection or adoption shall have been made, 
the said Commission shall by registered letter, notify the 
publishers, or proposers, to whom the contracts have been 
awarded, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General 
of the State of Florida to prepare the said contract, or 
contracts, in accordance with the terms or provisions of 
this Act, and the said contract shall be executed by the 
Governor and Secretary of State, and the seal of the 
State attached upon the part of the State of Florida, and 
the said contract shall be executed in triplicate, one copy 
to be kept by the Contractor, one copy by the Secretary 
of the Text Book Commission and one copy to be filed in 
the office of the Secretary of State. At the time of the ex- 
ecution of the contract aforesaid, the Contractor shall en- 
ter into a bond, in the sum of not less than Ten Thous- 
and Dollars, payable to the State of Florida, the amount 
of said bonds, within said limits, to be fixed by said Com- 
mission, conditioned for the faithful, honest and exact 
performance of this contract, and shall further provide 
for the payment of reasonable attorney's fees in case of 
recovery in any suit upon the same, with three or more 
good and solvent sureties, actual citizens and residents of 
the State of Florida, or any guaranty company author- 
ized to do business in the State of Florida, may become 
the surety on the said bond ; and it shall be the duty of 
the Attorney General to prepare and approve said bond; 
Provided, however, that said bond shall not be exhausted 
by a single recovery, but' may be sued on from time to 
time until the full amount thereof shall be recovered, and 
the said Commission may, at any time, by giving thirty 



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days' notice, require additional security or additional 
bond. And when any firm, person, or corporation shall 
have been awarded a contract, and submitted therewith 
the bond as required hereunder, the Commission, through 
its Secretary, shall so inform the Treasuerr of the State, 
and it shall then be the duty of the Treasurer to return to 
such Contractor the cash deposit made by him, and the 
said Commission, through its Secretary, shall inform the 
Treasurer of the names of such unsuccessful bidders, or 
proposers, and the Treasurer shall upon receipt of this 
notice, return to them the amount deposited by them in 
cash at the time of the submission of their bids. But 
should any person, firm or company, or corporation fail 
or refuse to execute a contract, and submit therewith his 
bond as required by this Act, within thirty days of the 
awarding of the contract to him, and the mailing of the 
registered letter containing the notice; Provided, the 
mailing of the registered letter shall be sufBcient evi- 
dence that the notice was given and received, the said 
cash deposit shall be deemed and is hereby declared for- 
feited to the State of Florida, and it shall be the duty of 
the Treasurer to place such cash deposit in the Treasury 
of the State to the credit of the school fund; and, Pro- 
vided further, that any recovery had on any bond given 
by any Contractor shall inure to the benefit of the school 
fund in the State and counties, and when collected shall 
be placed in the Treasury of the school fund. 

Sec. 9. That the books furnished under any contract 
shall at all times during the existence of the contract be 
equal to, in all respects, the specimen or sample copies fur- 
nished with the bid, and it shall be the duty of the Sec- 
retary of State to carefully preserve in his ofiice, as the 
standard of quality and excellence to be maintained in 
such books during the continuance of such contracts, the 
specimen, or sample copies of all books which have been 
the basis of any contract, together with the original bid, 
or proposal. It shall be the duty of all Contractors to 
print plainly on the back of each book the contract price, 
as well as the exchange price at which it is agreed to be 
furnished, but the books submitted as samples, or speci- 
men copies, with the original bid shall not have the price 
printed on them before they are submitted to %e Sub- 
Commission. And the said Text Book Coinmission shall 
not, in any case, contract with any person, publisher or 



Commission 
may require 
additional 
bond. 



When Treas- 
urer may re- 
turn deposit. 



Wben deposit 
is forfeited. 



Forfeited de- 
posits and re- 
coveries inure 
to scliool 
fund. 



Books to 
equal speci- 
men copies. 



Secretary of 
state to pre- 
serve speci- 
men copies. 



Contractor to 
print prices. 



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publishers, for the use of any book, or books, which are 
to be sold to patrons for use in any public school in the 
State, at above, or in excess of, the price at which such 
book or books are furnished by said person, publisher or 
publishers, under contract tO' any State, county or school 
district in the United States. 

And it shall be stipulated in each contract that the 
Contractor has never furnished, and is not now furnish- 
ing, under contract, any State, county or school district 
in the United States, the same book, or books, as are em- 
braced in said contract at a price below or less than price 
stipulated in said contract, and the said Commission is 
hereby authorized and directed, at any time that they 
may find any book, or books, have been sold at a lower 
price under contract to any State, county or school dis- 
trict aforesaid, to sue upon the bond of said Contractor 
and recover the difference between the contract and the 
lower price for which they find the book or books have 
been sold. And in case any Contractor shall fail to exe- 
cute specifically the terms and provisions of this contract, 
said Commission is hereby authorized, empowered and di- 
rected to bring suit upon the bond of such Contractor for 
the recovery of any and all damages, the suit to be in the 
name of the State of Florida, and the recovery for the 
benefit of the- public school fund. But nothing in this 
Act shall be construed so as to prevent said Commission 
and any Contractor agreeing thereto from in any manner 
changing or altering any contract ; Provided, four mem- 
bers of the Commission shall agree to change, and think 
it advisgjDle and for the best interest of the public schools 
of the State. After the first adoption of books by said 
Text Book Commission there shall not be any g^reater 
change in books than would be equal or equivalent to 10 
per cent, per annum of the whole number of books 
adopted ; Provided, that the publishers of the books not 
changed shall agree to furnish said books for the next 
period of adoption at as low price as previously. 

Sec. 10. That it shall always be a part of the terms 
and conditions of every contract made in pursuance of 
this Act, tha:t the State of Florida shall not be liable to 
any Contractor in any manner for any sum whatever, but 
all sucl^ontarctors shall receive their pay or considera- 
tion, in compensation solely and exclusively derived from 
the proceeds of the sale of books as provided for in this 



19 



Act, Provided, further, that the Commission shall stip- 
ulate in the contract for the supplying of any book, or 
books, as, herein provided, that the Contractor or Contrac- 
tors shall take up school books now, in use in this State, 
and receive the same in exchange of new books, allowing 
a price for such old books not less than fifty per cent, of 
the contract price of the new books. And'^ each perscm 
or publisher making a bid for the supplying of any book, 
or books hereunder, shall state in such bid, or proposal, 
the exnchange price at which such book or books ^hall 
be furnished. , . 

Sec. 11. .That the Text Book Commission shall have 
and reserve the right to reject any and all bids, or pro- 
posals, if they shall be of the opinion that any (;r all 
should for any reason be rejected, and in case Ihey fail 
from among the bids or proposals submitted, to select, or 
adopt any book, or books, from any of the branches men- 
tioned in Section 2 of this Act, they may re-advertise for 
sealed bids or proposals under the same terms and con- 
ditions as before, and proceed in their investigations in 
all respects as they did in the first instance, and as re- 
quired by the terms and provisions of this Act. Or they 
may advertise for sealed bids, or proposals from authors, 
or publishers of text books, who have manuscript for use 
in the public schools of Florida, proceeding in like man- 
ner as before. And, Provided further, the State itself 
shall not, under any circumstances, enter into any con- 
tract binding it to pay for the publication of any book, or 
books, but in the contract with the owner of the manu- 
script it shall be provided that he shall pay the compen- 
sation to the publisher for the publication and putting 
in book form the manuscript together with the cost and 
expenses of copyrighting the same ; and^ Provided fur- 
ther, that in all cases bids, or proposals, shall be accom- 
panied with a cash deposit of from $500 to |2,500, as the 
Commission may direct, and as provided in Section 7 
of this Act. And it is further expressly provided, that 
any person, firm or corporation, now doing business, or 
propoisng to do business, in the State of Florida, shall 
have the right to bid for the contract to be awarded here- 
under in manner as follows: In response to the adver- 
tisement, when made as hereinbefore provided, said per- 
son, firm or corporation, may- submit the written bid, or 
bids, to edit, or have edited,, published and supplied for 



Contvactoi- to 
excLuriKo for 
old books. 



Bids shall 
state ex- 
change price. 



Commission 
has right to 
reject all bids 
and readver- 
tise. 



Bids may be 
received upon 
books in man- 
uscript. 



The State 
shall not pay 
for the pub- 
lication of 
any book. 



Such bids to 
be accom- 
panied by 
deposit. 



Other stipula- 
tions for bM- 
ding on boota 
in manusci'ipt 



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Governor to 
issue procla- 
mation. 



Book deposi- 
tory to be 
established. 



County agen- 
cies to be 
maintained. 



When Con- 
tractor to de- 
liver books 
transporta- 
tion prepaid. 



Prices to bi 
printed on 
books. 



use in the public schools in this State any book, or books, 
provided for hereunder; Provided, that instead of filirfg 
with the said bids, or proposals, a sample or specimen 
copy of each book proposed to be furnished, he may ex- 
hibit to the Commission in manuscript, in printed form 
the matter proposed to be incorporated in any book, to- 
gether with such a description and illustration of the 
form and style thereof, as will be fully intelligible and 
satisfactory to the said Commission, or he may submit a 
book, or books, the equal of which in every way he pro- 
poses to furnish; and he shall accompany his bids, or 
proposals, with cash deposit hereinbefore provided; Pro- 
vided, that all books and manuscripts shall be examined 
and reported upon by said Sub-Commission provided for 
in Section 3 of this Act. 

Sec. 12. That as soon as said Commission shall have 
entered into a contract or contracts, for the furnishing 
or supplying of books for use in the public schools in 
this State, it shall be the duty of the Governor to issue 
his proclamation announcing such fact to the people of 
the state. 

*Sec. 13. There shall be established and maintained 
at some convenient point in the State of Florida, desig- 
nated by the State School Book Commission, selected 
with special reference to transportation facilities and 
freight rates, a Central Book Depository by each of the 
Contractors, or by the several Contractors combined ; and 
there shall also be maintained by said Contractors one or 
more agencies in each county of the State for the distri- 
bution of the books, and parties living in the county 
where no agency has been established, or no arrange- 
ments made for distribution, may order the same from 
one of the Contractors and it shall be the duty of the 
Contractor or Contractors to deliver any book, or books, 
so ordered to the person ordering, to his postoflQce ad- 
dress, freight, ^express, postage, or other charges prepaid, 
at the retail contract price ; Provided, the price of the 
book, or books, so ordered shall be paid in advance. All 
books shall be sold to the consumer at the retail contract 
price, and on each book shall be printed the following : 
"The price fixed hereon is fixed by State contract, and any 
deviation therefrom shall be reported to your County Sup- 
erintendent of Public Instruction, or the State Superin- 

*As Amended by Chapter 7374, Acts of 1917. 



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tendent at Tallahassee." And it is expressly provided 

that should any party contracting to furnish books, as 

provided for in this Act, fail to furnish them or otherwise 

break his contract, in addition to the right of the State 

to sue on the band hereinbefore required, the Chairman 

of the County Board of Public Instruction may sue in Who may sue 

the name of the State of Florida, in the courts of the ^act is°° 

State of Florida having jurisdiction, and recover on the ^^°^^^- 

bonds given by the Contractor the full value of the books 

So failed to be furnished, for the use and benefit of the 

school fund of the county. Provided, that in all cases 

services of process may be had and deemed sufficient on 

any agent of the Contractor in the county, or if no agent 

is in the county, then service on any depositors, and this 

service shall be^ and stand in the place of service on the 

defendant Contractor. 

*Sec. 14. That said Commission may, from time to commission 
time, make any necessary regulations not contrary to the "i^mp^per- 
pro visions of this Act, to secure the prompt and faithful conTracts °^ 
performance of all contracts, and it is especially now 
provided that said Commission shall maintain its organi- 
gation during the five years of the continuance of the 
contract, and after the expiration of the same to re-ad- Expiring con- 
vertise for new bids, , or proposals-, as required by this renewedL ^^ 
Act, in the first instance, and enter into such other con- 
tracts as they may-,deem best for the interests of the pat- 
rons of the public schools of the State; Provided, any 
contract entered into, or renewed shall be for the term 
of five years. The adoption of the books made under the 
provisions of this Act shall continue for five years. 

Sec. 15. That as soon as practicable after the adoption state super- 
provided for in this Act, the State Superintendent shall 5ssue*^l'^cir^ 
issue a circular letter to each County Superintendent in cuiar letter. 
the State, and to such others as he may desire to send it, ■ 
which letter shall contain the list of books adopted, the 
prices, location of agencies, and method of distribution, 
and such other information as he may deem necessary. 

Sec. 16. That as soon after the passage of this Act as 
may be practicable, and the Commission shall deem ad- 
visable, the books adopted as a uniform system of text Books adopt- 
books shall be introduced and used as text books to the l^^^^^^^ ^^ 
exclusion of all others in all public free schools in the 
State ; Provided, that nothing herein shall be so construed 

*As Amended by Chapter 7374, Acts of 1917. 



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Supplemen- 
tary books 
may be used. 



When patrons 
are authoriz- 
ed to procure 
books in other 
ways. 



Penalty for 
teacher not 
using adopted 
books. 



Penalty for 
dealer selling 
a hook above 
contract price 



Commission 
shall serve 
without pay. 



Pay of Sub- 
Commission. 



Appropriation 
therefor. 



as to prevent the use of supplementary books, but such 
supplementary books prescribed, or adopted, under the 
provisions of this Act; and, Provided further, that noth- 
ing in this Act shall prevent the teaching in any school 
any branch higher, or more advanced, than is embraced 
in Section 2 of this Act, nor the use of any book upon 
such higher Branch of study; Provided, that the higher 
branch shall not be taught to the exclusion of the 
branches mentioned and set out in Section 2 of this Act. 

Sec, 17. That nothing herein shall be construed to pre- 
vent or prohibit the patrons of the public schools through- 
out the State from procuring books in the usual way, in 
case no contract shall be made, or the Contractor fails or 
refuses to furnish the books provided for in this Act at 
the time required for the use in the respective schools. 

*Sec. 18. That any teacher who shall wilfully use, or 
permit to be used in his or her school, any text book upon 
the branches embraced in this Act, where the Commission 
has adopted a book upon that branch, other than the one 
so adopted, the County Board of Public Instruction shall 
discharge and cancel the certificate of said teacher. 

Sec. 19. That any dealer, clerk or agent who shall sell 
any book for a greater price than the contract price shall 
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be 
punished by a fine not exceeding $50. 

*Sec. 20. That said Text Book Commission shall serve 
without pay, but the members of the Sub-Commission 
shall be paid Four (|4.00) Dollars for each day of actual 
service,' not to exceed thirty days, and in addition thereto 
shall be paid the amount actually expended by them for 
traveling expenses and board, which expenses shall be 
paid only upon presentation of said account itemized and 
sworn to after said account has been approved by the 
State Board of Education ; and there is hereby appro- 
priated the sum of Three Thousand (|3,000.00) Dollars, 
or so much thereof as may be necessary, from any monies 
in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the pay- 
ment of said per diem and expenses. 

Sec, 21. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict 
with this Act be,, and the same are, hereby repealed. 

Sec. 22. That this Act shall take effect upon its pas- 
sage and approval by the Governor. 

Chapter 6178, approved May 23, 1911. 

Chapter 7374, approved June 9, 1917, 

*As Amended by Chapter 7374, Acts of 1917. 



23 

Extending Book Contracts for Elementary Bool^s. 

CHAPTER 7375. 
AN ACT to Amend An Act (Chapter 6834 of the Laws 
of Florida, Acts of 1915), Authorizing the State School 
Book Commission of the State of Florida to Extend 
the Time Limit of Five Years for Renewing Contracts 
for Purchase of School Text Books to July 1, 1919, and 
for Other Purposes. 

Whereas, Section 14 of Chapter 6178, Laws of Florida, 
Acts of 1911, known as the "Uniform Text Book Law," 
provides that any contract entered into or renewed, shall 
be for a term of five years, and that the adoption of the 
books made under the provisions of said Act shall con- 
tinue for five years; and 

Whereas, Such contracts as were entered into under 
the provisions of that law did expire on September 1, 
1916 ; and 

Whereas, By legislative enactment, Laws of Florida, 
1915, said Text Book Commission was empowered and 
authorized to extend said contracts with the consent of 
the publishers to July 1, 1917, at which time contracts 
shall be made for future adoption for the full period of 
five years as required by statute; and 

Whereas, Said Text Book Commission by mutual agree- 
ment with publishers did extend all contracts to July 1, . 
1917; and 

Whereas, Said Section 14 of Chapter 6178 provides that 
any county, which at the time of the passage of said law, 
had an existing contract, might carry out said contract 
in good faith; and 

Whereas, There were thirty-five counties in the State 
that had existing contracts and carried same out in good 
faith; and 

Whereas, A majority of the counties in the State have 
been using the State-adopted list of text books for only 
two or three years, and some for only one year; and 

Whereas, It would be impracticable for said counties so 
recently adopting the uniform text books, as provided by 
said law, to make changes or adapt their course of study 
to new books without great expense to the patrons of the 
schools; and 

Whereas, The unsettled condition, caused by the Euro- 



24 



pean war have more or less affected all of our industries ; 
therefore, 

Be It Enacted h^ the Legislature of the State of Florida: 



state Text 
Book Commis- 
sion authori- 
ty to extend 
contracts for 
school books 
adopted. 



To make new 
adoptions 
where con- 
tracts are 
not extended. 



Certain coun- 
ties authoriz- 
ed to con- 
tinue books 
in use to 
July 1, 1919 



Section 1. That the State Text Book Commission be, 
and are hereby, authorized to confer with the various 
publishers of text books now adopted and in use in this 
Stat^, and, if a publisher, or publishers, consent to ex- 
tend the time limit for said contracts for uniform school 
text books to July 1, 1919, at which time contracts shall 
be made for future adoption for the full period of five 
year, as required by statute. 

Sec. 2. That should the State Text Book Commission 
find that any publisher or publishers be not willing to 
extend any contract for two years as provided above on 
any subject or subjects, the said Text Book Commission 
are hereby empowered and authorized to make new adop- 
tions for such subject or subjects for such period for 
which any contract cannot be extended by mutual con- 
sent. 

Sec. 3. That certain counties of this state which by 
Chapters 7060 and 7115 of the Acts of 1915, were re- 
lieved from the operations of the Uniform Text Book 
Law of this State and were allowed to continue the use 
of the text books the said counties were then using 
until July 1, 1917; shall be allowed to continue the use 
of the same until July 1, 1919, or until such time as the 
Text Book Commission of this State shall make new text 
book contracts for the State of Florida. 

Sec. 4. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict here- 
with are hereby repealed. 

Sec. 5. That this Act shall take effect upon its pas- 
sage and approval by the Governor. 

Approved June 5, 1917. 



Vocational Education. 

CHAPTER 7376— (No. 118). 

Whereas, The Congress of the United States has passed 
a law, makiiig available to the State of Florida not less 
than Five Thousand Four Hundred (|5,400.00) Dollars 



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for teaching agriculture in schools of lower than col- 
lege grade, and Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars for 
teaching trade, industrial and home economicss subjects 
in schools of lower than college grade, and Five Thousand 
(15,000.00) Dollars for the training of teachers for the 
above said schools, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1918; and 

Whereas, The further amount of Eighteen Thousand 
Eight Hundred and Forty (|18,840.00) Dollars is avail- 
able in similar proportional divisions for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1919 ; and 

Whereas, The high schools in the various counties of 
the State provide for the teaching of the literary sub- 
jects required by said Act of Congress; and 

Whereas, In order to receive the above appropriation 
the said Act of Congress requires that the State put up 
an equal amount to be used for the instruction in agri- 
culture, trade, industrial and home economics, and for 
the training of teachers in said subjects ; therefore this, 

A Bill to be Entitled, An Act Assenting to and Accept- 
ing the Provisions ot An Act of Congress, Approved 
February 23, 1917, Entitled : ''An Act to Provide for the 
Promotion of Vocational Education; to Provide for Co- 
operation With the States in the Promotion of Such 
Education in Agriculture and the Trades and Indus- 
tries; to Provide for the Cooperation With the States in 
the Preparation of Teachers of Vocational Subjects; and 
to Appropriate Money and Regulate Its Expenditures;" 
and Designating Schools for the Training of Teachers 
of Agricultural, Trade, Industrial and Home Economics 
Subjects; and for the Designation of Schools for the 
Teaching of Agricultural, Trade and Home Economics 
and Industrial Subjects ; and Making Appropriations 
for Same. 

Be It Enacted hy the Legislature of the State of Florida: 



Section 1. That the State of Florida hereby accepts 
the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved February 
23, 1917, entitled: "An Act to provide for the promotion 
of vocational education ; to provide for cooperation with 
the States in. the promotion of such education in agricul- 
ture and the trades and industries ; to provide for coop- 
eration with the States in the preparation of teachers of 



The State ac- 
cepts the 
provisions of 
Congress for 
Vocational 
Education. 



26 



Duties of 
State Treas- 
urer as to 
the fund. 



State Voca- 
tional Edu- 
cation Board 
created. 



Duties to co- 
operate with 
Federal 



To designate 
schools to 
train voca- 
tional teach- 



To designate 
county 
schools to 
teach voca- 
tional sub- 
jects. 



Who to pro- 
ride plant, 
etc. 



Appropria- 
tion for first 
year. 



vocational subjects; and to appropriate money and regu- 
late its expenditures." The good faith of the State is 
hereby pledged to make available for the several purposes 
of said Act funds sufficient at least to equal the sums 
allotted, from time to time, to this State from the appro- 
priations made by said Act and to meet all conditions 
necessary to entitle the State to the benefits of said Act. 

Sec. 2. The State Treasurer is hereby designated cus- 
todian of all funds allotted to this State from the appro- 
priations made by said Act, and he shall receive and 
provide for the proper custody and disbursement of the 
same in accordance with said Act. 

Sec. 3. The State Board of Education is hereby cre- 
ated the State Vocational Education Board contemplated 
in Section Five (5) of said Act of Congress, and said 
Board is hereby designated, authorized and required to 
cooperate as provided in and required by the aforesaid 
Act of Congress, with the Federal Board of Vocational 
Education, in the adrainistration of the provisions of 
said Act, and to do all things necessary to entitle the 
State to receive the benefits thereof. 

Sec. 4. The State Vocational Board shall designate 
the University of Florida at Gainesville and the Florida 
State College for Women at Tallahassee as the schools 
for the training of teachers of agricultural, trade, indus- 
trial and home economics subjects, the one for men and 
the other for women. 

Sec. 5. The State Vocational Educational Board shall 
designate at least one (1) public school in each county 
of the State as a school for the teaching of agricultural 
trade, home economics and industrial subjects, said 
schools to be less than college .grade; Provided, the coun- 
ty or local community, or both, shall provide the neces- 
sary plant and equipment determined upon by the said 
Board ; Provided, the said Board shall divide equitably all 
funds. National and State, available under this Act, 
among the counties of this State that are entitled to re- 
ceive the same in accordance with the provisions of the 
aforesaid Federal Act. 

Sec. 6. That for the purpose of providing for the 
teaching of the agricultural, trade, home economics and 
industrial subjects provided for in the said Act of Con- 
gress, to which assent is hereby given, and that the State 
of Florida may receive from the Federal government the 



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amount allowed for the salaries of teachers in the said 
subjects, the sum of Fifteen Thousand Four Hundred 
(115,400.00) Dollars shall be available July 1, 1917, and Appropria- 
the sum of Eighteen Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty ontj year.^^*^" 
(118,840.00) Dollars shall be available July 1, 1918, and 
the said sums or so much thereof as will equal the 
amounts to which the State will be entitled under the 
said Act of Congress be, and the same is hereby, appro- 
priated out of any fund in the State Treasury not other- 
wise appropriated. 

Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect upon its passage and 
approval by the Governor, or upon its becoming a law 
without his approval. 

Approved June 5, 1917: 



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